Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Sweet Holiday Wishes

As I was browsing through a Martha Stewart Christmas magazine, I came across directions for making your own patterned wax paper. Martha used it for wrapping homemade breads as quick and simple Christmas gifts. I decided I would use that same idea, but in a slightly different way. Why not make my own box or bag out of the patterned wax paper? So, here's how to do it:

Step 1

Layout some paper towel and lay a piece of wax paper on top of it.

Step 2

Punch out your images from cardstock in your desired color. (For this, I used the Martha Stewart Holly leaf punch with green cardstock from the Halloween Key Ingredients, and a small hole punch with red cardstock from the Christmas Key Ingredients). Arrange punched pieces on wax paper.

Step 3

Lay a second piece of wax paper on top.

Step 4

Cover that with another paper towel and run an iron across the paper towel to "seal" your images in the wax paper.

Step 5

Now you can use this wax paper however you like. . .as a wrap for homemade bread or an insert for a candy box. I decided to trace and cut a box pattern on my patterned wax paper.

Hi, I did this once with cedar between the wax paper for gift wrap. But doing it with punched paper; I never thought and this is very clever. And wow I love the idea of a bag for goodies. Now I have a question for you: because nothing sticks to paper wax, how do you form your bag? How do you close it (not at the top) to form the bag?Thank you for answering!